Donegal Surf

Detailed Donegal surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Donegal. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Donegal. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Donegal over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Donegal and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Donegal Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Donegal Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Donegal coastline are also listed below.

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	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	5	0	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WSW	-	3.5 WNW	5.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	-	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	12	11	13	13	16	14	13	13	-	14	15
Energy(?)	1503	0	6295	5769	4094	2060	1672	2093	1811	1418	1058	443	486	757	1359	11232	6022	2581	12474	0	5140	14300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 3.16	8:06AM 3.34		8:20PM 3.10	8:23AM 3.14		8:48PM 2.91	9:05AM 2.79		9:14PM 2.78	9:42AM 2.52		9:58PM 2.57	10:29AM 2.25		11:23PM 2.19		12:08PM 2.07	1:43AM 2.15		2:36PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 0.18		2:10PM 0.32	2:21AM 0.40		2:47PM 0.56	2:52AM 0.66		3:17PM 0.82		3:32AM 0.96	3:44PM 1.07		4:17AM 1.22	4:20PM 1.31		6:00AM 1.44		6:46PM 1.43	7:52AM 1.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	1	6	1	-	-	-	9	2	-	2
High °C	9	6	10	11	9	8	10	9	7	8	6	7	10	11	8	8	8	9	9	5	7	7
Low °C	8	4	8	11	7	5	9	7	6	7	4	5	9	8	8	8	7	8	6	3	5	7
Chill °C (?)	6	2	6	8	5	4	7	6	6	6	3	2	6	7	3	3	4	4	4	0	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	12	11	13	13	-	14	13	13	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	18	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	4.5 W	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	5.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	16	-	-	13	-	-	15

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Curransport Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	0	0	0	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	14
Energy(?)	1091	1700	2726	3066	3574	3135	0	6295	5783	3095	2153	4094	3510	1736	3292	1693	1672	1452	1573	1340	3103	1862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:50PM 3.24				8:11AM 3.27				8:08PM 3.14				8:33AM 3.07				8:51PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)	1:48PM 0.13				1:49AM 0.19				2:07PM 0.31				2:18AM 0.40				2:47PM 0.56				2:39AM 0.69	3:01AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	3	1
Temp. °C	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	10	11	10	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	9	9	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	7	5	4	2	1	1	1	6	8	7	5	5	3	3	5	6	7	6	6	5	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	4	4	-	4	3	3	4	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Curransport Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	0	0	0	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 W	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1021	1096	1503	1788	1930	1631	0	3502	3728	2113	2166	4271	4582	2448	4981	2756	3294	3709	4591	3761	5297	3813
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:48PM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)		1:48PM 0.13												1:32AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	6	5	7	6
Chill °C (?)	5	7	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	-1	2	0	3	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 W	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	4	3	4	-	-	3	-	4	-